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Microsoft set to unveil Windows 9 on September 30th — Microsoft is planning to unveil its Windows 8 successor next month at a special press event. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the software maker is tentatively planning its press event for September 30th …

The state of Android updates: Who's fast, who's slow, and why — Android 4.4, KitKat was released on October 31, 2013, or at least, that's what you can say about one device: the Nexus 5. For the rest of the ecosystem, the date you got KitKat—if you got KitKat—varied wildly depending on your device, OEM, and carrier.

At Burning Man, the Tech Elite One-Up One Another — There are two disciplines in which Silicon Valley entrepreneurs excel above almost everyone else. The first is making exorbitant amounts of money. The second is pretending they don't care about that money.

Square Announces Analytics Tools For Merchants — With competition in mobile payments heating up, Square continues to expand its offerings for small businesses to other areas where local merchants are missing out compared to big retailers and franchises. — Today the company …